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[Issue 126198] New: Dialog sizes differs on different operating
systems
https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126198
Issue ID: 126198
Issue Type: DEFECT
Summary: Dialog sizes differs on different operating systems
Product: App Dev
Version: 4.1.1
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P5
Component: scripting
Assignee: issues@openoffice.apache.org
Reporter: mroe.nospam@gmx.net
Created attachment 84611
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Document with a dialog and screenshots to show the problem
Look at the attached document and press the [Dialog] button.
The size of the dialog depends on the used operating system. (My testing says
that it occurs independent from the resolution.)
Inside the document you find also two screenshots of the document with the
dialog.
Because of that the fonts are rendered with the same size (size is always
identical with the font size inside the text document text frame), it seems for
me that there is a forgotten scaling factor for the dialog and its controls.
AOO documents should work in the same way on all operating systems.
(Btw: There should be a bugzilla keyword for OS interoperability.)
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[Issue 126198] Dialog sizes differs on different operating systems
Posted by bu...@apache.org.
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--- Comment #5 from mroe <mr...@gmx.net> ---
(In reply to bmarcelly from comment #4)
Thank you for your comment, but it points not to the problem and it isn't
helpful.
> Certainly not a regression, not a bug: Map AppFont is used since
> OpenOffice.org version 1.1, probably introduced by version 1.0.
Maybe not a regression but a bug, see comment 1:
>> To ensure platform independence for the appearance of dialogs,
>> OpenOffice.org uses the Map AppFont (ma) internal unit
>> to specify the position and size within dialogs.
[...]
>> By using ma units,
>> OpenOffice.org ensures that a dialog looks the same on different systems
>> under different system settings.
The font size is calculated correctly on every system (no matter which font),
but the dialog (and its controls) are calculated different on different
systems.
100% dialog size/100% document size should be the same relation on every
system!
> Use fonts that are available like DejaVu (provided by OpenOffice
> installation), or give alternative fonts in the controls; avoid too small
> dimensions of controls or dialog.
The font is not(!) the problem!
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--- Comment #2 from mroe <mr...@gmx.net> ---
> The Map AppFont (ma) replaces the Twips unit to achieve better platform independence.
When was the replacement? => regression?
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[Issue 126198] Dialog sizes differs on different operating systems
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mroe <mr...@gmx.net> changed:
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--- Comment #3 from mroe <mr...@gmx.net> ---
> By using ma units, OpenOffice.org ensures that a dialog looks the same on different systems under different system settings.
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brinzing <ol...@gmx.de> changed:
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--- Comment #1 from brinzing <ol...@gmx.de> ---
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/BASIC_Guide/Properties:
> To ensure platform independence for the appearance of dialogs, OpenOffice.org uses
> the Map AppFont (ma) internal unit to specify the position and size within dialogs.
> An ma unit is defined as being one eighth of the average height of a character from
> the system font defined in the operating system and one quarter of its width.
> By using ma units, OpenOffice.org ensures that a dialog looks the same on different
> systems under different system settings.
> If you want to change the size or position of control elements for runtime,
> determine the total size of the dialog and adjust the values for the control
> elements to the corresponding part ratios.
> The Map AppFont (ma) replaces the Twips unit to achieve better platform independence.
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--- Comment #4 from bmarcelly <ma...@club-internet.fr> ---
Certainly not a regression, not a bug: Map AppFont is used since OpenOffice.org
version 1.1, probably introduced by version 1.0.
In your document the snapshot under Windows shows that it does not use font
Times New Roman. On my Windows 7 system the dialog show Times New Roman,
similar but not identical to your snapshot for Linux.
If a font is not available in a system, OpenOffice substitutes another font,
considered as similar.
The creator of a dialog must remember that the display may slightly change from
system to system, from a version to another (Win XP -> Win 7 -> Win 8), and
even within an Operating System version (in Windows : the display themes).
Use fonts that are available like DejaVu (provided by OpenOffice installation),
or give alternative fonts in the controls; avoid too small dimensions of
controls or dialog.
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